Health
Vol.4 No.8(2012), Paper ID 22002, 4
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DOI:10.4236/health.2012.48081
Parental perceptions and childhood overweight/obesity: A population-based study among school children in Japan
Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Rimei Nishimura, Takaya Shimizu, Hiromi Hoshino, Naoko Tajima, Akatsuki Kokaze
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Copyright © 2012 Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Rimei Nishimura, Takaya Shimizu, Hiromi Hoshino, Naoko Tajima, Akatsuki Kokaze et al. This is
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How to Cite this Article
Shirasawa, T. , Ochiai, H. , Ohtsu, T. , Nishimura, R. , Shimizu, T. , Hoshino, H. , Tajima, N. and Kokaze, A. (2012) Parental perceptions and childhood overweight/obesity: A population-based study among school children in Japan.
Health,
4, 506-513. doi:
10.4236/health.2012.48081.